quadruped

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- +‎ -ped.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/

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Noun

quadruped (plural quadrupeds)

1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
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2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

Synonyms

• tetrapod

Derived terms

• quadrupedal
• quadrupedalism
• quadrupedantic
• quadrupedism
• quadrupedy

Related terms

English terms suffixed with -ped

aliped

autoped

biped

centiped

cheliped

cirriped

hexaped

imped

maxilliped

monoped

multiped

octoped

quadruped

uniped

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (0 c, 67 e)

Translations

a four-footed or four-legged animal

Armenian: չորքոտանի (hy) (čʻorkʻotani) Belarusian: чатырохно́гае n (čatyroxnóhaje) Breton: pevarzroadeg m Bulgarian: четириного (bg) n (četirinogo) Catalan: quadrúpede m Chinese: Mandarin: 四足動物 / 四足动物 (sìzú dòngwù) (animal), 四足類 / 四足类 (sìzúlèi) Czech: čtyřnožec (cs) m Danish: firbenet dyr Dutch: viervoeter (nl) m Esperanto: kvarpiedulo Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi) French: quadrupède (fr) m, tétrapode (fr) m Friulian: cuadrupedi m Galician: cuadrúpede (gl) m Georgian: ოთხფეხა (otxpexa), ოთხფეხა ცხოველი (otxpexa cxoveli) German: Vierfüßer m, Vierfüßerin f, Vierfüßler m, Vierfüßlerin f, Quadrupeder m, Quadrupede f, Vierbeiner (de) m Greek: τετράποδο (el) n (tetrápodo) Ancient: τετράπουν n (tetrápoun) Hungarian: négylábú (hu) Icelandic: ferfætlingur m Italian: quadrupede (it) m Japanese: 四肢動物 (ja) (ししどうぶつ, shishi dōbutsu) Kazakh: төртаяқты (törtaäqty) Lao: ສັດສີ່ຕີນ (sat sī tīn) Latin: quadrupēs m or f Maori: kīrehe Navajo: naaldlooshii Persian: چهارپا (fa) (čahârpâ) Polish: czworonóg (pl) m anim Portuguese: quadrúpede (pt) m Punjabi: ਚੁਪਾਇਆ m (cupāiā) Russian: четвероно́гое (живо́тное) (ru) n (četveronógoje (živótnoje)), тетрапо́д (ru) m (tɛtrapód) Sanskrit: चतुष्पद् (sa) m or n (catuṣpad) Shan: တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ် Spanish: cuadrúpedo (es) m, tetrápodo m Swedish: fyrfotadjur n, tetrapod (sv) c, fyrfoting c Tagalog: hayop na aapating-paa Tajik: дубора (tg) (dubora) Telugu: చతుష్పదము (te) (catuṣpadamu) Thai: สัตว์สี่เท้า (th), จตุบท (th) Tocharian B: śwerppewä Turkish: dört ayaklı, dört ayaklı hayvan Ukrainian: чотирино́ге n (čotyrynóhe) Uzbek: toʻrt barobar Volapük: follögaf (vo) Welsh: pedwartroedyn m

See also

• biped
• Tetrapoda